Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Go): Enhancing and scaling a high-performance data onboarding platform operating at petabyte scale and high velocity with an accent on infrastructure automation, cloud-native architecture, and distributed systems. Focus on driving technical discussions, architectural decisions for scalability and resilience, and ensuring system reliability through on-call participation.

Location: Remote, globally distributed company operating in 20 countries.

Salary: $183,000–$238,000 USD (for US Premium Markets)

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing private cloud company recognized for its real-time analytics, data warehousing, observability, and AI workloads.

What you will do

• Enhance and scale our high-performance data onboarding platform to handle increasing volumes of data in real-time.
• Own and evolve our infrastructure across multiple cloud providers (AWS, with expansion to GCP and Azure).
• Drive improvements to our deployment pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational processes.
• Drive technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions that impact our platform's scalability and resilience.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and respond to production incidents.
• Continuously improve our systems based on operational metrics, customer feedback, and evolving business requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience building as a backend engineer.
• Expertise in Golang, Kubernetes, Terraform (or comparable IaC tool), and cloud-native architecture.
• Solid knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider.
• Deep commitment to understanding and addressing customer needs.
• Excellent communication skills and a track record of working effectively across teams.
• Exceptional production debugging skills.
• English: B2 required.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and globally distributed remote-friendly work environment.
• Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company for all new team members.
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 home office setup if you’re a remote employee.
• Opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.